DREAD PROPHECY

Vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold jacket. In the mid-AE60s, Leonard Dillon, aka Ethiopian (aka Jack Sparrow) met Albert Griffiths. Dillon had formed The Ethiopians in 1966 while they were working with Coxsone Dodd recording for his Channel One label. The session results were the classics, oLive Goodo and oFree Man,o and also served to inspire a collaboration between Dillon and new friend, Albert Griffiths. Griffiths was soon to form his own group, the Gladiators, but just before his new group came together, Griffiths worked with The Ethiopians to record the smash oTrain To Skavilleo as well as his first-ever recording, oYou Are The Girl.o While The Ethiopians were one of the most popular and prolific Jamaican groups during the early-AE70s, the Gladiators gained steam during the mid- to late-AE70s, recording primarily for Virgin Records during the decade. Both bands continued recording throughout the AE80s and AE90s with the Nighthawk sessions in 1986 reuniting Leonard Dillon with Albert Griffiths and the Gladiators. The result was Dread Prophecy, now a sought-after roots reggae album. From the notes, oAt the end of the session, while the musicians were packing up their instruments, an astonishing thing happened. Legendary engineer, Sylvan Morris had quickly rewound the tape and began mixing oDread Dub,o a version mix of oDread Prophecy.o The musicians all lingered to hear the final mix from the master. Sylvan did not disappoint. With cat-like precision, he improvised the mix with the aplomb of a jazz virtuoso at the top of his game. Every musician stood to give Sylvan a spontaneous well deserved ovation.o'